Accelerator Pedal Sensor problems of the 2005 Subaru Outback

I am having an issue with my car going limp after start. The engine does not register the gas pedal/throttle. Code reader said its the throttle position sensor. Brought to mid hudson Subaru in wappingers NY, they said gas pedal sensor. That did not fix vehicle. Subaru does not seem to recognize this as a safety issue. . . The problem is sporadic and there is no warning, just driving along and gas pedal no longer has any effect on propulsion of vehicle.

1) recurring phantom revving (in neutral and/or clutch depressed, both while completely stopped and while slowing down from any and all speeds) upwards of 4-5k rpm with difficulty getting the rpms back to normal. Happens sometimes daily, sometimes constantly, sometimes it goes a few days without happening. 2) complete loss of pedal control/response (a "limp" pedal) while going 60mph on a freeway, managed to coast to safety and let the car sit for 10+ minutes, when it restarted and the throttle worked again. Stored code p2138, cel on and cruise control disabled. Have only driven the car a few times since, out of fear of losing pedal control again. -- online research has led me to a number of possible solutions, most common being defective throttle position sensor connections (which frequently get exposed to the elements and corrode, apparently), bad accelerator pedal position sensor, and many people replaced the entire pedal assembly when the previous "fixes" did not solve the problem.

Error code p2138: some failure of pedal sensor assembly while in motion. Exact issue unknown. Acceleration goes limp and pedal becomes non-responsive. Has happened in both city and highway driving situations. Very dangerous in traffic.

While driving or accelerating from a stopped position the accelerator loses control. Check engine light comes on and I then have to coast to a safe place on the road. I turn off ignition, remove and replace gas cap, restart the xar. Had the check engine code checked as p2138. Trottle/pedal position sensor switch. So far I have been lucky and not been hit while this occurs. This has been happening for 2 weeks now. Going to repair shop to hope for repair.

Just after getting off I-43 near sheboygan on frontage road my car lost all power and no acceleration on gas pedal. Check engine light came on and cruise control light was blinking. I had to shift to neutral and pull over to a shoulder. Turned the car off for couple of minutes while I check under the hood. Started the car just fine but check engine light was still on and cruise was blinking. Subaru mechanic read error code p2138 throttle/pedal position sensor/switch ¿d�/�e� voltage rationality. They said it was caused by bad contacts on tps sensor by the gas pedal. He reset the code and it has not appeared again for almost a week. I am afraid of it going off again while my wife and kids are driving it on the highway. Does someone need to die before Subaru takes action on this.

Following a few weeks of a ruff idle at stop lights, the throttle position sensor failed on my 2005 Subaru Outback 2. 5i. After getting off of the highway and sitting at a stop light, the gas pedal would not work. The vehicle was running, however there was no reaction at all from pushing the pedal all the way to the ground and the check engine light was on. After turning the car off and restarting it normal function returned, however I was informed that failure could occur again at any time including while driving. My mechanic read the code as the throttle position sensor and replaced the accelerator pedal position sensor.